Pete Stauber, running to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan in the 8th District, described himself as a Second Amendment supporter, having been shot in the head in December of 1995.

That made us ponder cause and effect, and so we looked online for more details about Stauber's 1995 gun shot wound.

Last summer, Stauber told Brian Larsen of the Cook County News Herald:

Pete and his wife were the victim of gun violence in 1995 when Pete was shot in the head and survived. The suspect was found to have an extensive criminal record.

In a separate incident, a suspect pointed a gun at Pete’s head while he was on duty but the gun malfunctioned.

“There but for the grace of God I lived. The gun owners I have met who believe in the second amendment have been responsible and are lawful, law abiding citizens. I believe my life-saving device (gun) offers protection from those who would want to do me great bodily harm or death.

“Even though I am the victim of two gun incidents, I am a strong advocate of the Second Amendment.”

Pence was introduced by Stewart Mills, Republican candidate for Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District, and by St. Louis County Commissioner Pete Stauber of Hermantown. . . .

Stauber praised Trump’s support for gun owner rights, noting iron ore from Northeastern Minnesota is used to produce “our life-saving devices that we call guns,” and predicting Minnesota voters would “stand with the great Ted Nugent and Charlton Heston” in support of Second Amendment rights to keep and use guns.

The only contender we see for that rhetorical glurge is Ron Way's Ode To The Range in Saturday's Star Tribune.

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